{"id":166022,"date":"2026-04-15T02:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/166022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T02:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:08:11","slug":"north-schuylkill-brings-home-award-in-whats-so-cool-about-manufacturing-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/166022\/","title":{"rendered":"North Schuylkill brings home award in \u2018What\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing\u2019 contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">READING \u2013 Some local middle schoolers brought home hardware from Berks County as part of the What\u2019s So Cool About Manufacturing contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Middle schoolers from 33 schools across Schuylkill and Berks counties visited local manufacturers and produced two-minute videos highlighting what they do. Videos were judged for various awards and competed for the Viewer\u2019s Choice award, voted on by nearly 180,000 website visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Locally, Shenandoah Valley, Mahanoy Area, and North Schuylkill all took part and an awards ceremony was held Tuesday evening in Reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">North Schuylkill, spotlighting EMD Electronics, won the award for Outstanding Educational Value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTen years ago, we expanded the What\u2019s So Cool contest to the Berks Schuylkill region,\u201d says Karen Buck, Director, Workforce Initiatives at MRC. \u201cWe are thrilled to celebrate another strong season marked by enthusiastic participation and incredible community support. This year, 33\u00a0teams helped shine\u00a0a spotlight\u00a0on the many exciting career opportunities right here in our region. The level of student engagement and voting participation continues to\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0growing interest in the program.\u00a0Great job, students!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two local businesses were also featured in award-winning entries. D.H.H. Lengel Middle School visited Mrs. T\u2019s Pierogies here in Shenandoah, winning Outstanding Overall Program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pine Grove Area stopped by Blaschak Anthracite near Mahanoy City and won Outstanding Cool.<\/p>\n<p>        About Author<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/shensentinel.com\/news\/author\/shensentinel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2e56b425378a2337bdf45040b61827f98489d77c537a651218b45abb8a91dad5.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/shensentinel.com\/news\/author\/shensentinel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Shenandoah Sentinel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Shenandoah Sentinel is northern Schuylkill County\u2019s news source, covering news and sports in and around Shenandoah, Ashland, Mahanoy City, Frackville, Nuremberg, and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tContinue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING \u2013 Some local middle schoolers brought home hardware from Berks County as part of the What\u2019s So&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-166022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}